Actress Etinosa Idemudia has advised women in the entertainment industry to maintain modesty in both their dressing and behavior, noting that such discipline is key to earning respect and preserving their professional image.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Bold Enough To Say It podcast on YouTube, the actress discussed how female entertainers are often judged unfairly and encouraged younger women to carry themselves with dignity.
“I know that Nigerians they don’t like advice, they don’t like it when someone is telling them what to do so I first jeg everybody, if Una wan insult me, I will insult you back but these things have to be said, the young ladies of this generation coming up, I feel like we should dress and act in all modesty, so that they can respect our profession,” she said.
She went on to highlight the challenges faced by women in the industry, stressing that they must avoid actions that reinforce negative stereotypes.
“Because being a woman in this industry is hard enough. You hear a lot of nasty things they say, a lot of terrible assumptions about women in entertainment and then you don’t want to be an enabler, you don’t want to be someone that makes that rumor true.
“When you hear someone say ‘see them, see them, na so so olosho them dey do, dey go dey use music and acting to dey cover up. Every kind of creative, every one of us we go through a lot to put this entertainment out, to put the art out.
“Before we started this show I heard the crew members talking about how we went for a shoot and they were coming home by 4am, 5am and I’m like ‘ah that’s the story of our lives from morning till midnight, we are working,” she added.
